The Supreme Court on Sunday denied a media report that Justices R.F. Nariman and D.Y. Chandrachud met Justice S.A. Bobde who is heading a committee inquiring into the sexual harassment allegations against the Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi.

A statement from the apex court said “this is wholly incorrect” that the two judges met Justice Bobde on Friday evening.

The statement, which has been issued from the office of the Supreme Court’s secretary general, said that it was most unfortunate that a leading newspaper chose to state that the two judges met Justice Bobde.

Furthermore, the statement said that the in-house committee which is probing the issue concerning the CJI deliberates on its own without any input from any other judge of the apex court.

A report in a leading newspaper on Sunday stated that Justices Nariman and Chandrachud had met Justice Bobde and had expressed their view that the three-member committee should not go ahead with the proceeding ex parte.

The former woman employee of the apex court, who has levelled the sexual harassment allegations, has opted herself out from participating in the enquiry raising several grievances, including the denial of permission to have her lawyer during the proceedings.

The newspaper has stated that Justices Nariman and Chandrachud suggested the appointment of an advocate as an amicus curie for assisting the in-house committee.

Besides Justice Bobde, other members in the committee are two women judges of the apex court — Justices Indu Malhotra and Indira Banerjee.